SR/MA/Energy

[SableShrike]

Been playing about with the sheer insanity that is SR on a Tanker recently.  Paired with Storm Kick from MA it's ridiculously easy to hit Incarnate softcap Defense to all Positionals.

 

This lets you do completely stupid stuff like chase obscene levels of +Damage set bonuses and still work in enough +Recharge to leverage it.

 

I managed to squeak in a damage proc for every attack, but the real draw here is that +45% damage set bonus.  This is akin to having an extra level 50 Damage IO on every attack.  Then we add in Musculature Core and one of the Assault Hybrids for further stupidity.

 

I fit in Eagle's Claw for this one, as I like the guaranteed Stun to detoggle things like Daemon Lords.  It also helps up your AoE a bit if you immediately follow Claw with Dragon's Tail.  You could easily move stuff around a bit and drop Eagle's for Thunder, Cobra, or Crippling.  Crippling is probably your best DPA, but I wanted to leverage Claw for AoE damage here.

 

Cross Punch hits up to 5 targets nearly as hard as Crane Kick or Cobra Strike.  This really helps shore up the AoE weakness everyone avoids MA for.  Even used as part of your singletarget chain it'll buff your Recharge and ToHit reliably.  I'm hitting for about 250 damage at level 50 with it.

 

With your Regen and Recovery powers slotted as I have you've got enough Endurance to fight forever, and you've three passive heal IOs firing so often you out-heal incoming damage.  No need to stop attacking to fire Aid Self.

 

Edit: Refined things a bit more.  Mainly I've moved up Tough and slotted it to run full-time.  Also dropped Combat Jump in favor of Elude; Elude is sometimes handy if you're suffering cascading Defense failure.  Focused Accuracy I muled for another 2% damage buff, as I found I wasn't using it much.  Focus Chi is enough to make certain you flatten a problem foe.

 

Grand totals for the updated build are 59% Defense to M/R/AoE, and +45% Damage bonus.

 

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Level 50 Mutation Tanker
Primary Power Set: Super Reflexes
Secondary Power Set: Martial Arts
Power Pool: Fighting
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Energy Mastery

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Focused Fighting

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (7) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (9) Red Fortune - Defense
• (9) Red Fortune - Endurance
• (11) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
• (11) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 1: Storm Kick

• (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (45) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
• (46) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
• (46) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
• (46) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (48) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Recharge
  

Level 2: Focused Senses

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (13) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (13) Red Fortune - Defense
• (37) Red Fortune - Endurance
• (43) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
• (45) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 4: Boxing

• (A) Empty
  

Level 6: Practiced Brawler

• (A) Endurance Reduction IO
  

Level 8: Dodge

• (A) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
• (19) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge
• (19) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (25) Shield Wall - Defense
• (37) Shield Wall - +Res (Teleportation), +5% Res (All)
  

Level 10: Kick

• (A) Empty
  

Level 12: Evasion

• (A) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance
• (48) Red Fortune - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (48) Red Fortune - Defense
• (50) Red Fortune - Endurance
• (50) Red Fortune - Endurance/Recharge
• (50) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 14: Cross Punch

• (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (15) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (15) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (42) Obliteration - Damage
• (43) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
• (43) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
  

Level 16: Crane Kick

• (A) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance
• (17) Overwhelming Force - Accuracy/Damage
• (17) Overwhelming Force - Damage/Chance for Knockdown/Knockback to Knockdown
• (25) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage
• (36) Superior Might of the Tanker - Recharge/Chance for +Res(All)
• (36) Hecatomb - Chance of Damage(Negative)
  

Level 18: Agile

• (A) Shield Wall - Defense
• (29) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
• (29) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge
• (33) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (34) Shield Wall - Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 20: Dragon's Tail

• (A) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (21) Obliteration - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (21) Obliteration - Damage/Recharge
• (23) Obliteration - Damage
• (23) Obliteration - Chance for Smashing Damage
• (37) Multi-Strike - Accuracy/Endurance
  

Level 22: Quickness

• (A) Run Speed IO
  

Level 24: Focus Chi

• (A) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff
• (39) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge
• (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance
• (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance
• (40) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (42) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Chance for Build Up
  

Level 26: Lucky

• (A) Shield Wall - Defense
• (27) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance
• (27) Shield Wall - Defense/Recharge
• (34) Shield Wall - Defense/Endurance/Recharge
• (34) Shield Wall - Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 28: Tough

• (A) Gladiator's Armor - End/Resist
• (39) Gladiator's Armor - Resistance
• (39) Gladiator's Armor - TP Protection +3% Def (All)
• (42) Steadfast Protection - Resistance/+Def 3%
• (45) Unbreakable Guard - +Max HP
  

Level 30: Eagles Claw

• (A) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge
• (31) Mako's Bite - Accuracy/Damage
• (31) Mako's Bite - Damage/Endurance
• (31) Mako's Bite - Chance of Damage(Lethal)
• (33) Superior Might of the Tanker - Accuracy/Damage/Recharge
• (33) Superior Might of the Tanker - Damage/Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 32: Warrior's Provocation

• (A) Mocking Beratement - Threat/Placate/Recharge/Range
  

Level 35: Focused Accuracy

• (A) Adjusted Targeting - To Hit Buff/Endurance
• (36) Adjusted Targeting - Endurance/Recharge
  

Level 38: Elude

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 41: Physical Perfection

• (A) Power Transfer - Chance to Heal Self
  

Level 44: Maneuvers

• (A) Reactive Defenses - Scaling Resist Damage
  

Level 47: Tactics

• (A) Rectified Reticle - Increased Perception
  

Level 49: Vengeance

• (A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Increased Global Recharge Speed
  

Level 1: Brawl

• (A) Empty
  

Level 1: Gauntlet 

Level 1: Sprint Edited April 2, 2023 by SableShrike